An iranian metamorphosis

  • Mana Neyestani (Iran)
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Mana Neyestani’s autobiographical graphic novel is a Kafkaesque story. The Iranian cartoonist was jailed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison in 2006 over a cartoon published in the children’s section of a government newspaper. After three long months in jail, he managed to secure a temporary release and decided to flee his homeland. This was the start of a very long journey, taking him and his wife to Turkey, China and then Malaysia before finally moving to Paris in 2011, where they now live as political refugees. This graphic novel is his story.


dBD Award best foreign title 2012

Selection France Info Award 2013 for best comic book reportage

“An Iranian Metamorphosis” is published by Arte Editions and éditions çà et là.


204 pages

Black and white

17.00 x 24.00 cm

Softcover with flaps

ISBN : 978-2-916207-65-0

20.00 €

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